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Coronavirus: Costco Marsden Park shopper tests positive to virus

A shopper at a busy wholesale warehouse in Sydney’s northwest has tested positive to COVID-19.

A shopper at Costco’s Marsden Park warehouse has tested positive to COVID-19. Picture: Keri Megelus
A shopper at Costco’s Marsden Park warehouse has tested positive to COVID-19. Picture: Keri Megelus

An customer at Costco’s Marsden Park warehouse in Sydney’s northwest has tested positive to COVID-19.

An email sent to staff confirmed a store member had been infected with the virus and had shopped at the store on Sunday, July 19.

Costco’s Marsden Park warehouse, pictured before the COVID-19 outbreak. Picture: Justin Sanson
Costco’s Marsden Park warehouse, pictured before the COVID-19 outbreak. Picture: Justin Sanson

The customer is understood to have visited the store between 11am and 2pm.

“We are committed to informing you as soon as we become aware of these cases,” the email read.

A social media post in a Facebook group for the store has advised the customer did not use a trolley and had only been at the store for a short period of time.

Anyone with symptoms is encouraged to get tested for the virus.

There has been no mention of store closures.

The case comes less than a week after an employee at the nearby IKEA distribution centre in Marsden Park tested positive to coronavirus after being linked to the Crossroads Hotel cluster in Casula.

The IKEA distribution centre in Marsden Park had an employee test positive for COVID-19 last week. Picture: Keri Megelus
The IKEA distribution centre in Marsden Park had an employee test positive for COVID-19 last week. Picture: Keri Megelus

Staff at the warehouse were advised on July 13 that a colleague had contracted the virus and had worked morning shifts while infectious on the July 6, 7 and 8.

An IKEA spokeswoman said a deep clean of the unit was undertaken following the alert.

A COVID-19 case was also linked to Westfield Mt Druitt after a shopper who visited the centre on Saturday tested positive for the virus.

Shoppers at Westfield Mt Druitt on Jul 18 are being urged to be on high alert for COVID-19 symptoms. Picture: Supplied
Shoppers at Westfield Mt Druitt on Jul 18 are being urged to be on high alert for COVID-19 symptoms. Picture: Supplied

NSW Health has advised anyone who visited the centre on Saturday, July 18, between 1.30pm and 3.30pm to monitor for symptoms and to get tested immediately if any should arise.

The case is linked to the growing Thai Rock Restaurant cluster at Stockland Mall in Wetherill Park.

More details as they come to hand.

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